In the Indian state of Odisha, COVID-19 threatened an unemployment and poverty crisis. The state's Urban Wage Employment Initiative averted disaster by providing public works jobs to the urban poor.
Since 2011, the mayor’s office of Barranquilla created Todos al Parque, an urban parks program that re-generated 202 parks and built 48 new ones with resident participation. Photo by City of Barranquilla. History shows that when disasters and crises strike, cities often bounce back stronger and more resilient than before. The great Chicago fire famously gave rise to skyscrapers. Infectious disease…
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Urban projects from Colombia, France, India, Pakistan and the Philippines selected for innovative and inclusive responses to uncertainty, disruption and crisis.